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Target (1985) - Movie Browser

Gene Hackman has a secret past and Matt Dillon's perm — 80s thriller perfection.

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Dad thrillerEuro chaseCold War hangover

Overview

Action Thriller

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Content warning

paris, france father son relationship kidnapping assassin hamburg, germany american embassy

paternal deceptiongenerational traumaidentity dissolutiontrust and betrayal

Standout Aspects

Acting

Hackman doing 'suburban dad who kills people' before Liam Neeson made it a genre.

Direction

Arthur Penn's final theatrical feature — elegiac tension, not bombast.

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence

Director

Arthur Penn

ReleasedNov 8, 1985

Runtime1h 57m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

The Zanuck/Brown Company

Top Cast

Gene Hackman

Walter Lloyd

Matt Dillon

Chris Lloyd

Gayle Hunnicutt

Donna Lloyd

Josef Sommer

Barney Taber

Guy Boyd

Clay

Viktoriya Fyodorova

Lise

Herbert Berghof

Schroeder

Ilona Grübel

Carla

Jean-Pol Dubois

Glasses

Ullrich Haupt

Agent

Werner Pochath

Agent

Richard Münch

Colonel

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